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[hrj]

 Trying to think of interesting things to post about and all I can come up with is that the tomatoes are finally starting to come ripe, and the zoom-needlepoint is at the stage where the only thing left (only!) is the background. Since I just-in-time received the shipment from DMC with the yarns for the background, this is perfect timing. It'll be a while before I'll need to start on a new zoom-needlework project, but filling in the background will be an easy productive/brainless activity  in the mean time. I wanted to do something other than a plain color for the filling, so I settled on a small diapered design in two tones, but with the tones shifting from bottom to top to give something of a sense of ground-to-sky. (It's all in blues from a dark navy to very pale + white at the top). I really need to do something to the cut edges first to avoid fraying. I originally bound them with some surgical tape and it's held up amazingly well over the decades. But now I need to stitch right at the edge of the tape. And eventually, of course, I"ll need to connect it all in with whatever framing fabric I"m using for the cushion. I'm thinking it might make sense to cover the cut edges with bias binding. That would give me something to stitch the framing fabric to eventually. What *do* people do with the edges of needlepoint canvas when you're turning it into a furnishing item?

I'd intended for this weekend's home organization project to be starting to sort out the small miscellaneous SCA stuff. This is things like baskets of "lady in waiting gear" from when I was on threadwalker 's court. Or boxes of day-trip eating gear. Or the collection of assorted pouches and carrying bags I put together to illustrate my "shepherds' purse" class. Or..well, you get the picture. Small random items that had been stuffed on the SCA shelves in the guest room (which now have office/computer gear).

But since a minor shopping expedition resulted in picking up some light shelves to put in the guest bedroom closet to hold office/mailing supplies (since those got bumped form the hall closet because I moved the housecleaning supplies in there), I think putting up the shelves and sorting out and moving the office/shipping supplies makes more sense. It's still reduction of the living room clutter, so it's all good.

The minor shopping expedition was actually intended to pick up the UPS package with my Official Employer Logo Face Masks, which should have been held at the local storefront, but it turns out were delivered to my mailbox instead. (Interesting, because the email notification implied they needed a signature, and I have a permanent "hold at storefront" note on my address. Not that it matters as much since I'm usually home these days.)

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6/14 (yikes has it been that long?) - temperature 97.2,
6/15 - temperature 97.2, regular lunch bike ride masked
6/16 - temperature 97.0, bike ride to the farmers' market masked
6/17 - temperature 96.9, regular lunch bike ride masked, I think this was pool day with Denise this week?
6/18 - temperature 96.6, regular lunch bike ride masked
6/19 - temperature 97.2, no bike ride
6/20 - temperature 97.6
6/21 - temperature 97.4
6/22 - temperature 97.4, biked to main post office masked, didn't enter, no other stops
6/23 - temperature 97.2, drove to farmers' market because I had a tight meeting schedule, masked; did a sushi pickup at Hanabi for dinner (masked)
6/24 - temperature 97.4, regular lunch bike ride masked, stopped for a wellness check on an overheated jogger (sitting puddled in a scrap of shade) and gave him my water bottle. No contact otherwise.
6/25 - temperature 97.7, regular lunch bike ride masked, after work "shelter-in-pool" with Denise & N.
6/26 - temperature 97.9, regular lunch bike ride masked
6/27 - temperature 96.9, shopping (masked) Peet's coffee pickup, BevMo in-store shopping (very few people), Home Depot in-store shopping. Seeing a very high percentage of people masked while out and about or shopping. Most notable exception being the smoker (in a no-smoking commercial zone!) because of course you can't smoke with a mask on.
Movements are reconstructed from my bike app, my shopping receipts, and calendar notes. There may have been other excursions that didn't leave a documentary trace? This is the hazard of long gaps in posting: the log becomes less useful for potential contact tracing.